Discovery BoxGenesis 8:16 
Context8:16 “Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons’ wives with you.
Genesis 8:18
Context8:18 Noah went out along with his sons, his wife, and his sons’ wives.
Genesis 31:17
Context31:17 So Jacob immediately put his children and his wives on the camels. 1
Genesis 34:9
Context34:9 Intermarry with us. 2 Let us marry your daughters, and take our daughters as wives for yourselves. 3
1 tn Heb “and Jacob arose and he lifted up his sons and his wives on to the camels.”
2 tn Heb “form marriage alliances with us.”
sn Intermarry with us. This includes the idea of becoming allied by marriage. The incident foreshadows the temptations Israel would eventually face when they entered the promised land (see Deut 7:3; Josh 23:12).
3 tn Heb “Give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.” In the translation the words “let…marry” and “as wives” are supplied for clarity.
